Music
Major and minor offered
In keeping with the aims of a liberal education, the music department offers all students opportunities to expand their understanding of music and its place in society. Students actively engage diverse musical materials in a variety of contexts. In ensembles and private lessons, students mature as singers or instrumentalists, better understanding music by performing it. In courses, students develop critical skills for experiencing, creating and using music effectively and intelligently. The department offers both a major and a minor in music, and provides all students with ways of participating in music.
We emphasize collaborative and interdisciplinary study. Many music classes include work in the Newell Center for Arts Technology, where students learn to use digital technology to compose and perform music, to design sound for theatrical productions and to create multimedia works. Special topics courses focus on particular composers, genres or regions of the world, and typically involve extensive study of scores and recordings from the music library.
Music department ensembles are open to all St. Lawrence students by audition. Performances, residencies and workshops by a wide array of guest artists additionally enrich musical life on campus. For information on other music performance opportunities on campus, see page 206.
Exemplary student participation in ensembles and coursework is recognized by induction into the Ives Society. Applications for membership in this departmental honor society are due each December. Individual awards in keyboard study, choral performance and other fields of study are given annually at Moving-Up Day.
Major Requirements
Students wishing to major in music must complete the following requirements:
- Music
200 or 201.
- Music 210
- Music 220
- At least five other full-unit courses in music, two
of which must be 300-level courses.
- At least three semesters of participation in a music department
ensemble.
Minor Requirements
Students wishing to minor in music must complete the following requirements:
- Music
200 or 201.
- Music
210
- Music
220
- At least two other full-unit courses in music, two
of which must be 300-level courses.
- At least twosemesters of participation in a music
department ensemble.
Advanced Standing
Students who have scored a 4 or 5 on the AP music theory test may
register for Music 200
or 201 (Music Theory); students may also pass
a qualifying exam to register for that class. Students without extensive
prior experience in music should begin their coursework with Music
100 or 101 (Introduction to Music).
Honors
To receive honors in music, students must attain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the major and submit for consideration a substantial senior-year project, which may include study in composition, performance, literature and/or analysis.
Ensembles
Auditions for all ensembles are held during the first week of each semester
021. Laurentian Singers.
022. University Chorus.
023. Early Music Singers.
025. String
Orchestra
.
026.
Concert Band.
027.
Rhythm and Roots Ensemble.
Individual Lessons
St. Lawrence students may elect to take individual
lessons in voice or on an instrument, space permitting, for a fee
of $150 per semester. Students enrolled in Music 100
or 101 (Introduction
to Music), Music 200
or 201 (Music Theory), or Music
260 (Preparing
Music for Performance) are exempt from the fee. Members of music
department ensembles also are eligible to take individual instruction
with no additional fee, as space permits.
Faculty
Michael Farley, B.Mus.Ed., Central Missouri State; M.A., Ph.D., Iowa
Associate Professor of Music
David R. Henderson, B.A., Pomona; Ph.D., Texas ( Austin)
Assistant Professor of Music and Chair of Department
In-Sil Yoo, B.A., Hanyang (S. Korea); M.M., Indiana
Assistant Professor of Music
Christopher Watts, B. Mus., Furman; M. Mus., Louisiana State; D.M.A., Cincinnati
Director of the Center for Arts Technology and Assistant Professor of Music
